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MarAd To Receive

Bids On July 15

For Steel Dragger

The Maritime Administration, 441 G. Street N. W., Washington,

D.C., will receive bids on July 15, 1970 for the construction of a 109- foot 2^2-inch steel dragger for Dor- othy M. O'Hara, Inc., Rockland,

Maine.

Requests for IFB should be sent to Dorothy M. O'Hara, Inc., c/o

John W. Gilbert Associates, Inc., 58 Commercial Wharf, Boston,

Mass. 02110.

Halter To Build

Offshore Supply Vessel

For Jackson Marine

Halter Marine Services, Inc.,

Xew Orleans, La., has been award- ed a contract for the construction of an offshore, oil-well supply ves- sel for Jackson Marine Corporation,

Aransas Pass, Tex.

Designated Hull No. 267, the vessel will measure 174 feet by 40 feet by 17 feet.

She will be equipped with die- sels of 6,000-total bhp.

Contract To Serodino

For Towboat And

Portable Marine Ways

A contract for the construction of a 58-foot by 20-foot by 7^-foot towboat, to be used on land-locked

Lake Cumberland in Southern Ken- tucky, has been awarded to Sero- dino, Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn., by

East Kentucky Rural Electric Co- operative.

The contract also calls for a set of portable marine ways that will enable the vessel to be drydocked at any stage of fluctuation of the lake.

Stanley Consultants, Inc., Mus- catine, Iowa, prepared the specifi- cations for the vessel.

Swiftships To Build

Offshore Crew Boats

Swiftships, Inc., Morgan City,

La., has received a contract, from undisclosed interests, for the con- struction of four offshore, oil-well crew boats.

All four vessels will be powered by twin-screw diesels.

Three will be of steel construc- tion measuring 65 feet in length.

The fourth vessel will be 105 feet long and will be of all-aluminum construction.

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